I don't think wexford will be favourites :-/ I fully expect Meath to be and I am
Pretty sure the pundits will talk up a Meath Dublin final (I really hope they do favourite tag does not suit us at all at all)... 70k at the match well we will be bring a sold one hundred haha... It's goin be a good match and if both teams play to their potential I duely expect wexford to win

wexcore (Wexford) - Posts: 740 - 16/06/2013 16:56:36    1407890

Think this has the characteristics of the kind of match Meath tend to lose. When they're fired up, backs against the wall and have a point to prove they can come out with big results, but Wexford in an empty enough Croker, seems like one of those games where Meath's inconsistency might trip them up. Also Wexford are seriously underrated, they have one or two lovely footballers. If Lyng and Brosnan are on form I could see them making hay. Wexford to win.

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 16/06/2013 17:04:40    1407903

Not sure how many will go to this double header. If it was Meath v Louth and Dublin v Kildare I could see it getting over 70k for the 2 games. But it's Meath vWexford so I'd say 20k for that match and 40k for the Dublin v Kildare one. Hopefully I'm wrong and it's a sell out just don't see that happening anymore.

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 16/06/2013 17:11:43    1407913

when are tickets on sale?

loyal82royal (Meath) - Posts: 260 - 16/06/2013 17:26:07    1407929

Dh. Come on man, how good was Graham Reilly last night?? Give fair dues when earned.
He has been consistently our star player. Surely you were impressed? And you must have thought, jasus rd knows his stuff :-)

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 16/06/2013 17:34:47    1407944

I think either team are very much capable of beating the other

Possibly Wexford might be slight favourites

Hard one to call..

Should be a really good game

Hopefully Dublin can get past Kildare and meet the winners

But sure that's for another day...

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 16/06/2013 17:55:36    1407981

I've never criticised Reilly, he's a top player. After seeing him running through Kildare and Dublin last year I don't think flying against Wicklow again is going to turn any heads especially when he scored five points against Wicklow last year too, it just wasn't on TV. And let's not forget Wicklow then went on to lose to Leitrim. Yes it was away from home but I wouldn't read too much into last night. The weaknesses that were there for Meath in the last few years are still there and there's nothing Graham Reilly can do about that.

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 16/06/2013 17:56:53    1407985

Dh in fairness nobody in meath is getting carried away by that win. Goal was leinster final, that remains the same.
But all i am saying is that everything i ever said about Graham is quite accurate, that he'd walk onto any team in country. And im not having a go at you. Our truce has been successful
but hopefully for both of us that will end two weeks from today :-)

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 16/06/2013 19:53:19    1408141

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I think either team are very much capable of beating the other
Possibly Wexford might be slight favourites
Hard one to call..
Should be a really good game
Hopefully Dublin can get past Kildare and meet the winners
But sure that's for another day...

Well said. That's the reality of it. Wexford fans will say meath are taking this game for granted but that's nothing but mind games.

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 16/06/2013 20:17:04    1408162

I personally think we will, just. But wex are and will be justifiably favs for this game. We have a terrible record against them whats it nearly 20 years since we beat them. They really have every right to be confident. But something tells me meath will win against the odds.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 16/06/2013 20:44:56    1408197

This will be a 50/50 game. Can see it being a great game of football, some good forwards on show. Looking forward to it.

MourneArmy (Down) - Posts: 1787 - 16/06/2013 20:56:38    1408213

Have a slight fancy for Wexford in this, nicer forwards and more consistant I would say. Meath don't fear Wexford and see them as a hurling county and this could hurt them. Meath need fire in their belly to play well!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8821 - 16/06/2013 21:57:28    1408302

Wexford by the slimmest of margins...

DUB1 (Dublin) - Posts: 5583 - 17/06/2013 09:06:35    1408349

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Have a slight fancy for Wexford in this, nicer forwards and more consistant I would say. Meath don't fear Wexford and see them as a hurling county and this could hurt them. Meath need fire in their belly to play well!

Hurling county?? They beat us in championship in 2006 and 2008 and could and should have beaten Dublin in that time too, trust me we don't see Wexford as anything but a competent football team and a big challenge in two weeks, but a challenge we are looking forward too. We have a hard competitive game under our belt now that I believe will stand us in good stead, that was a serious test in Aughrim and the response of Meath players to Wicklows second half charge and the awful conditions was very pleasing, still have plenty to do particuarly from a defensive point of view but overall a good performance in testing conditions at a testing ground and a good basis to work on going forward.

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3772 - 17/06/2013 10:11:44    1408426

It should be a close, high scoring game. Meath should up their game in Croke Park but I'm going to go for Wexford by a couple of points. I just feel they have more options up front and that the Meath back will need to have a big day.

CaisleanCnucha (Dublin) - Posts: 1379 - 17/06/2013 10:25:10    1408449

Has the making of the game of the championship so far. Good open football. Both teams will try an outscore eachother more than trying to neutralise eachother. Should be a cracker and an example of how the game can be played.

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 17/06/2013 10:30:15    1408462

I find it strange that a lot of people think wexford have the better forwards, I think wexford themselves are going to be very worried about our forwards and I don't thnk theyl have the defenders to hold them. in fairness not all our forwards had a good game against Wicklow but id expect bray and newman to play a lot better in croke park, but even having graham reilly and Wallace playing well, that alone will be difficult for the wexford defence and I think croke park will suit them even better because they have more space to run at defences. then the forwards we have on the bench can also do serious damage with the likes of joe Sheridan, brian Farrell, paddy gilsenan all able to make an impact when brought on.

meathalltheway (Meath) - Posts: 789 - 17/06/2013 13:30:08    1408762

I'd really like to see Wexford win this, but I don't believe they will.

The fact is Wexford beat Louth simply because Louth were looking beyond the game with them. Louth were talking about playing Meath in the semi and clearly took their eye off the game against Wexford ;).

Wexford have a decent mid field and they'll almost certainly channel everything through this area, if Meath don't make the same mistake as Louth and look beyond this game ;) then I'd be of the view Meath will win this fixture easily enough.

The bookies will have Meath as slight favourites for this fixture.

Meath to win by 4

I really hope I'm wrong with my prediction.

THE_SNAPPER (Louth) - Posts: 2019 - 17/06/2013 13:37:20    1408774

If Dublin and Meath get to the Leinster Final the battle between Jack Mccaffrey and Graham O Reilly will be something else , two great players and two of the fastest players playing Gaelic football wow that will be some battle 'If' they were to meet.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 17/06/2013 16:26:34    1409004

Depends what Meath side turns up. The one that is truly awful or the one that could possibly give the best of them out there a good game on their day. I fancy Wexford but this will be an interesting game!

seany16 (Dublin) - Posts: 1663 - 17/06/2013 16:33:42    1409015